Sold in 1972 to Panama and renamedSavoydean
She suffered a fire on 24 July 1975 inCalcutta, and was eventually scrapped in April 1976 atBombay.

In 1983 chartered and renamedSanta Barbara Pacific, then reverted toAfrica Palm later in 1983
Sold in 1984 to Cyprus and renamedMessaria

Sold in 1977 and renamedIonian Sky
Sold in 1981 and renamedMagdalini K
Scrapped in Nov 1984

Scrapped in Nov 1982

Bought by Palm Line in 1977 from H. Schuldt (Hamburg) and renamedApapa Palm.

She was fitted with aSulzer two-stroke diesel engine.

She was one of a batch of six sister ships, two of which were theShonga andSherbro belonging toElder Dempster Lines, part ofBlue Funnel Line. TheMinistry of Defence requisitioned bothShonga &Sherbro for duty in theFalklands War. At the timeApapa Palm was laid up inAntwerp.

In 1985 sold to Venezuelan owners and renamedGeneral Salom

Powered by a 3-cyl engine from North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd (Wallsend).
18 Nov 1962 sank inNaples harbour where she had arrived fromLeghorn to load 400 tons of general cargo. She dragged her anchor in a fierce gale and drifted onto rocks surrounding the breakwater. There were no casualties.

Powered by a 4500bhp 4-cyl 2-stroke Doxford marine diesel
Sold in 1972 to Barada Shipping & Trading Co, Famagusta; renamedIrene's GraceResold in 1977 to Palineon Shipping Co, PiraeusBroken up in Jun 1981 inBombay

In 1985 she was taken over byUAC, who renamed herBadagry.
In 1986 she was sold to new owners who registered her inPanama renaming herCordigliera.
Tragically theCordigliera sank with all (23) hands in very rough weather offPort St Johns, South Africa31°21′S30°1′E / 31.350°S 30.017°E /-31.350; 30.017 on 14 Nov 1996, after issuing out a distress to Durban radio at 10:30pm.^[5][6]

Sold in 1972 to Spetsai Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta; renamedLenio.
Resold in 1977 to Marlinea Armadora SA, Piraeus, and then again in 1978 to Moineau Cia Naviera SA, Piraeus; renamed ELSA SK. In 1981 renamedEternal Sea, before being finally scrapped in May 1983.

Built byHyundai ofSouth Korea in 1979.
On 18 December 1980 she appeared in a front-page article of the UKSunday Express newspaper under the headline 'Drama At Sea As Gales Sweep Coast'.Bamenda Palm had accidentally rammed a Romanianfish factory ship whilst enteringCarrick Roads,Falmouth harbour during the early hours in a southerly force 9 gale. The fish-factory ship was holed just below the water-line midships on the port side by the bulbous bow of theBamenda Palm[1]. HerMaster was George Holeyman. There were no casualties.

In May 1984 she was chartered toLloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro and renamedLloyd Texas, whilst in Middle Docks dry dock,South Shields. AsLloyd Texas she sailed fromSouth Shields toTeesport, Middlesbrough to load cement for the newRAF runway inAscension Island.

In 1985 she reverted toBamenda Palm - fromLloyd Texas - and taken over byUAC.
In 1986 she was sold to Cyprus & renamedArko Glory. She has had several name changes since then, namely,
MC Ruby (Jun 1989),^[8]
Medipas Tide (Jul 1989),
MC Ruby (1990),
Ville de Damas (Nov 1993),
MC Ruby (May 1994),
Runner (Sep 1994),
CMBT Eagle (Oct 1994),
Runner (Jan 1999),
Renata (Jun 2000) and finally
African Star (Apr-Dec 2005) under the Bahamian flag (Bahamas).
She was scrapped atAlang in 2009.

The 1996 TV filmDeadly Voyage was set on boardMC Ruby

Sold in 1959 to Panama (Panama) and renamedFaneromeni, but registered in Lebanon

Sold in 1967 to Astrocid Naviera of Piraeus and renamedTyhi
In 1973 she was re-sold to Globe Navigation of Singapore and renamedMVGlobe Star. Later that year, 27 Apr 1973, she struck Leven Reef sank off Mombasa[2] and sank. She had been en route from Iskenderun to Karachi.

Sold in 1959 to Wallem & Co., Hong Kong and renamedSouthern Mariner.
She was finally broken up in 1968.

Powered by a 4500bhp 4-cyl Doxford 2-stroke marine diesel. The first British cargo ship to make extensive use of aluminium in her superstructure - which made an extra 55 tons available for cargo deadweight - and later Palm Line ships followed this design.

Unlike the other ships built during this period, she wasnot fitted with 'deep tanks' for the carriage of vegetable oil.
Sold in 1977 to Panama and renamedCyprus Sky

Laid down originally as MVEmpire Tweed but completed as MVGambian.Seized in 1941 byVichy French forces atDakar,Senegal. RenamedSt Gabriel under the Vichy flag. Returned to Britain in 1943, and name returned to MVGambian, then toMoWT and renamedEmpire Tweed. Returned toUnited Africa Company Ltd in 1946 and again renamedGambian. Sold in 1949 to Palm Line Ltd and renamedGambian Palm. Sold in 1959 to E N Vernicos Shipping Co, Greece and renamedIrini’s Blessing, under the flag of Lebanon. Scrapped in July 1963 in Hong Kong.

In 1978 she was sold to Ali Khalifa Mirchandani Shipping Co, Kuwait; renamedHind
In 1979 she was resold to Al Navigation Ltd, Hong Kong; renamedArunkamal
In 1980 she was resold to Hind Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong
Broken up in 1983

In 1981 she was sold to Cia Naviera Pancarib SA, Piraeus; renamedGME Palma (registered her in Panama)
In 1982 she was resold to Daniko Maritime Co SA, Piraeus; renamedPalma

In 1979 she was handed over inBombay & sold to Chaldeos Freighters Ltd of Greece. The new owners registered her inLiberia and renamed herDaphnemar.
Laid up at Mini Saqr in February 1982 and sold again to Barnwood Shipping Corp. of Panama., just over two years later she was towed to Karachi for breaking by Abbasi Shipping, arriving in the March 1984.

In 1979 she was sold to new owners who registered her inLiberia and renamed herDiamant Captain.
Sold in 1982 and renamed twice; firstCape Blanco thenSea Venturer
Scrapped in Dec 1982 in Chittagong

Sold in 1954 to Panama and renamedSt.George, but registered in Greece

Sold in 1979 to Shanti Shipping (Singapore) Pte Ltd; renamedPurna Shanti
Sold again in 1979 to Marvia Shipping Co SA, Panama; renamedIsland Trader
Scrapped Sep 1982 inBombay, India

Sold in 1978 to Nan Chiao Shipping Pte Ltd, Singapore; renamedNew Dragon
Broken up in 1984

Sold in 1960 to Panama and renamedFlower

In 1960 renamedOguta Palm then sold in 1964 to Greece and renamedHeraclitos.
Then renamedHerodemos in 1969
Eventually broken up inSplit in April 1973.

Sister ship of theLobito Palm.
She had a 6-cylinder 2-stroke Doxford engine generating 7500bhp
Sold in 1981 to Lifedream Cia Nav SA, Limassol; renamedCity of LobitoBroken up in 1984 after being wrecked in Sep 1983

1984 chartered to Lloyd Brasileiro and renamedLloyd Rio
Sold in 1986 to USSR and renamedBoris Andreyev.
In 1996 she was re-sold and becamePearce for a short while, before becomingNieves B until 2009 under a Spanish flag. In 2009 she was re-sold toSaint Kitts and Nevis and becameAhraf B before being broken up.

Sister ship of theLagos Palm (1961).
She had a 6-cylinder 2-stroke Doxford engine generating 7500bhp
Sold in 1979 to Cyprus and renamedLobito Pal.
Sold in 1980 to Middle East Maritime Co Ltd. (Piraeus) and renamedMinoa.
Sold in 1980 to Minoa Maritime Enterprises Ltd. and renamedPeruvian Trader.
In 1982 renamedRichmond.
In 1983 renamedEurco and finally scrapped at Chittagong in 1983

Ordered asEmpire Birdsay for theMOWT.
A Type-C wartime standard cargo ship. Sold in 1966 to Compagnia Navigazione Kea of Panama; renamedDespina L. In 1969 renamedNova; registered in CyprusBroken up in Dec 1971

In 1984 chartered to Lloyd Brasileiro and renamedLloyd Australia
Sold in 1986 to USSR and renamedMekhanik Bardetskiy

Sold in 1967 to Panama and renamedKerkennah.
Sold in 1971 and renamedPalau
Scrapped in Jun 1978 in Brindisi

Sold for scrap in February 1963

A purpose-builtBVOC parcel-tanker 483 ft (147 m) in length, she carried refined vegetable oils, in up to 28 separate tanks, such as rape seed oil from northern Europe to West Africa, and returned with mainly unrefined palm oil or coconut oil.

She was built without double-bottoms for the cargo tanks, so although each tank had permanent steam coils installed - in order to maintain the oil at a constant carriage temperature of 96 °F (36 °C), with the temperature being raised to 110 °F (43 °C)-120 °F (49 °C) for discharge. This did not wholly compensate for the lack of a double-bottom and made discharging the unrefined oil in N.Europe during winter time more difficult. Getting the remainder of the expensive oil from the bottom of each tank was an arduous, manual and messy job called "puddling".

She had a 4-cylinder 2-stroke Doxford (Type J) engine. Only 483 feet (147 m) long, but with 28 separate tanks to carry several small parcels of oil cargo, for example, groundnut oil,palm kernel oil and palm oil may be shipped in different grades.
For a long period in the 1970s, following the 1966 National Union of Seaman strike, all deck crew (not officers) were fromGalicia in Spain, rather than from the British Shipping Federation.

In 1986 she was taken over byUAC and renamedMatadi.
In 1986 she was sold toTroodos Shipping & Trading Co., London and renamedModesty.

Sold in 1959 to Panama and renamedRio Yape

Sold in 1966 to Panama and renamedTriana, but registered in Liberia.
She was eventually scrapped in October 1968

Sold in 1960 to Aristidis SS Co, Piraeues and renamedAristoteles
She sank on 16 December 1962 offFunchal whilst en route from Detroit to Calcutta.

Sold 1961 to Windward Shipping Co., Hong Kong and renamedWinwar
Eventually broken up in June 1963

In 1960 transferred to Palm Line (British flag), then in 1966 sold to Panama and renamedCapetan Georgis

Sold in 1959 to Panama and renamedIrini's Luck, but registered in Lebanon.
Scrapped in June 1963 at Santander, Spain.

1960 transferred to Palm Line (British flag) and renamedMakurdi Palm, then in 1969 sold to Peru and renamedSantamar.
Scrapped in February 1976 at Gadani Beach

Sold in 1954 to Finland and renamedHermes
In 1958 renamedNoemi
Broken up in December 1960 atYokosuka.